St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02

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The First ward, the new one lying east
of Fifth street northeast, is uncertain, but
claimed by both parties. 1t is. therefore.
conservative for the DemocSatS to estimate
their chances favorable to electing Que OF
| the three aldermen. The Second ward is
easily Republican and the Third is solidly
Democratic. The Fourth is always fighting
| ground. The Democrats have the two
members who hold over and their chances
are good for electing the third, but for the
| purposes OF the table the Republicans are
conceded one man. The Fifth, where
one. OF the holding-over aldermen is a
Democrat, is Republican, and the Sixth and
Seventh are made Solidly Democratic by the
change. The Eighth will of course be Re-
publican and the Ninth Democratic. The
Tenth ward is conceded to be very close
and the PrOhibitiOniStS claim the balance of
power: the estimate, then. of two Republi.
cans aud one Democrat is very conservative.
| The Republicans claim the Eleventh, but
they are undoubtedly reckoning without their
host. Fast fall, when the Franklin avenue
bridge was the Republican ISSUE the territory
now included in this ward gave McGill
13 over Ames. but last spring Ames car
red it by over 700; OH a square issue there
fore, it is likely to be Democratic The low
estimate is taken and in the table the
Democrats are given one and the Republi-
cans two aldermen. The Twelfth and
Thirteenth wards are conceded Republican,
with one alderman each. On this basis the
next council will contain 1S Democrats and
II Republicans, though the probability of
30 Democrats and Is Republicans is much
| greater.
| AMONG THE CANDIDATES.
While the unexpected changes have up
set several calculations, the politicians are
rapidly recovering, and in view of the fact
| that election day is only five weeks off, it is
high time. There will be at least four can
didates in each ward, exclusive of such
men as the ProhibitiOnists may advance.
In the First ward E. +. ComStock is the
prominent Republican candidate. and as the
ward was split according to his fancy, he
thinks he has a sure thing. but r. A Gra-
ham and Andrew DOwlan are said to be in
the field on the Democratic side of the
ferce and will give him or c. w. Lundquist
a hard fight.
Aid. F. c. Barrows, in the Second,
seems to have the inside track, but his vote
against the short hour system last spring
may initiate against him. l.. S. Gillette is
after the Republican nomination again, and
is shrewd worker. The ward only gave
110 majority last spring, and a union Demo-
cratic-Labor candidate of known good char
acter might easily be elected.
None but Democrats have hopes IN the
Third which is set down for 1000 Demo-
cratic majority. r. l.. Pratt the retiring
Republican. has abandoned it as useless,
but Bernard Hunt and Ed A. Geesaman are
said to be willing to make the effort for that
| party. Ex-Ald. c. G. Hashow and Daniel
Waite are ready for the Democratic nomin-
alton. while Matt Gross is willing to play a
strong card on account Of his treatment at
the hands of Republican legislature.
Terrence Connolly William McArdle,
James Best and John Gilman are also men
| toned.
TO succeed Aid. Sly. in the Fourth ward.
the Republicans have not yet doomed a
| man, but it is said eX-Ald. Emerson Cole
will be trotted out. D. A. Macarthur and
j. d. Darling are also said to be candidates.
| Capt. d. NJ. Gilmore is mentioned as a
| Democrat who could make winning race,
and A. T. Ankeny has also been requested
| to announce himself. A. d. Smith, Z. C.
Couyet and Ed Clement, the latter an old
| standby, are frequently mentioned The
Fourth is sort of political whirligig, and
| is by no means certain to the Republicans,
as two Democratic aldermen can testify.
The Fifth is pretty reliably Republican.
| Col. w. Clark, Republican. retires and if
| he is renominated may be defeated by ].
W. Town, who is the only Democrat yet
| announced. Clark is not strong candi-
date, for several reasons. and his vote on
| labor measures will undoubtedly hurt him
in campaign. Frank Greenleaf is also a
| Republican candidate.
There are two aldermen to be chosen
| from the Sixth and both will be Democrats.
| II. o. Peterson and John NJ. Gleason are
prominent, while the names of James
| Sweeney and Matt Walsh are mentioned
| The latter is now firmly established in busi-
| ness and it is not yet known whether he
| will allow the use of his name.
Phineas Phelps. the Republican who re-
tires in the Seventh. will probably be sue
ceeded by Democrat, making the deega-
| tiOn solid. The ward is strong for the short
hour system and is against the patrol line,
and Phelps is just the opposite. August
Norenberg, F. A. Smith, William Adams,
| Thomas Mea, John Duff, Albert Lunt and
James Mccall are all good men, and one of
them will probably represent the ward after
| election.
Capt. E. G. Babb has firmly refused to
again be candidate in the Eighth. A. r..
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are being doomed, and are all good men and
| good Republicans. and some Republican
will undoubtedly succeed in carrying off the
! hOnorS.
The new Ninth is one of the most solid
Democratic wards in the city, and no Re-
publican need apply there. None probably
will, and the Democratic nominee will have
a walkaway. Hugh Butler and John Nor
| ton are said to be candidates.
The Tenth ward is admittedly close, and
warm fight is expected. G. F. Baxter
and Henry Oswald are Democratic as
| pirants, and E. l.. Higgins. Prohibitionist.
is also in the field. A coalescence is not
improbable.
| The Eleventh will also make a pretty
fight. Frank S. Mcdonald is lively can
dldate, and was nearly scared to death
when the delegation talked of making
Eighth street, instead of Seventh. the di-
vision line. as that would have thrown him
into the Sixth ward. Alex Miller has
| drunk the wine of official life. and now